Video recorded fatal shooting of San Antonio man after he told witnesses to duck

David Ortiz, 17, was charged with murder on Friday, Feb. 16, 2018, in the death of Anthony Garcia, 41, outside his near North Side home. Garcia was shot near midnight Jan. 31 and died at the hospital shortly after midnight. less

David Ortiz, 17, was charged with murder on Friday, Feb. 16, 2018, in the death of Anthony Garcia, 41, outside his near North Side home. Garcia was shot near midnight Jan. 31 and died at the hospital shortly ... more

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David Ortiz, 17, was charged with murder on Friday, Feb. 16, 2018, in the death of Anthony Garcia, 41, outside his near North Side home. Garcia was shot near midnight Jan. 31 and died at the hospital shortly after midnight. less

David Ortiz, 17, was charged with murder on Friday, Feb. 16, 2018, in the death of Anthony Garcia, 41, outside his near North Side home. Garcia was shot near midnight Jan. 31 and died at the hospital shortly ... more

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Video recorded fatal shooting of San Antonio man after he told witnesses to duck

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A San Antonio teen accused of gunning down a man in his own carport as witnesses ran for cover was in jail Saturday night, three weeks after the attack.

David Ortiz, 17, was charged with murder in the Feb. 1 death of Anthony Garcia, 41.

On the night of the shooting, friends and family were gathered outside Garcia’s home in the 1600 block of Mardell when he decided to drive to the store to buy more beer, according to Ortiz’s arrest affidavit.

At about 11:30 p.m. on Jan. 31, witnesses told police, they saw Garcia driving fast as he returned home, followed closely by a truck.

As Garcia parked and jumped from his vehicle, he shouted for everyone to get down, witnesses said later. As they ducked for cover, fearing a drive-by, gunshots rang out.

When it was over, witnesses said, they looked up to see that Garcia was lying in a pool of blood and the truck was gone.

EMS took Garcia to University Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 12:31 a.m. Feb. 1, according to the affidavit.

But what witnesses might have thought was a drive-by turned out to be something else.

While witnesses couldn’t say who was in the truck or who fired the shots, a security camera at Garcia’s home captured the image of a man holding a gun as he walked toward the carport at 11:32 p.m., according to the affidavit.

Detectives noted that seconds later, Garcia is seen reacting to being shot before he falls to the ground. A few seconds after that, the man with the gun is seen standing over the victim, the affidavit states.

As for the truck, detectives noted that video from another security camera angle showed it had already turned the street corner and was gone before the shooting started.

According to the affidavit, witnesses identified the man in the video as Ortiz, who was at the party with his girlfriend, a friend of Garcia’s family.

He had left the scene before police arrived.

Several days after the shooting, an informant provided information that led police to a Glock model 22, which was confirmed by the Bexar County Crime Lab Firearms to have been used to kill Garcia, the affidavit states.